Insights and Stories on Canola

Early canola promoter Gordon Graham, 89

Feb. 13, 2018 at 6:38 pm CST

A memorial is to be held in June in Brandon for a Prairie farmer who helped lead the charge on adoption of rapeseed as a crop, as it morphed into today’s canola. Gordon Graham, who farmed near Newdale, Man., about 75 km north of Brandon, died Wednesday at age 89 […]

Canola biodiesel processor in receivership

Feb. 3, 2018 at 2:16 am CST

By Staff

COPA ends weekly canola, soybean crush reports

Feb. 2, 2018 at 4:52 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

More canola, wheat acres expected at pulses’ expense

Jan. 26, 2018 at 11:36 am CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Meet your farming neighbours

Dec. 8, 2017 at 2:00 pm CST

By Leeann Minogue

Chinese protein preference becoming big obstacle for canola

Nov. 17, 2017 at 4:52 am CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — As China’s consumption of higher-protein foods continues to grow, so too does its selectiveness for which oilseeds it will pursue on the open market. So far, it’s a race canola does not seem to be winning. “The big demand factor in China is protein, rather […]

By Dave Sims

China’s Cofco seeks larger Canadian canola volumes

Nov. 15, 2017 at 6:41 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — State-owned Chinese agribusiness Cofco Corp. looks to buy 2.5 million tonnes of Canada’s canola crop next year, a boost of more than one-third over its expected purchases this year as its Canadian office gets established, said the company’s global head of softseeds on Wednesday. Cofco opened […]

By Rod Nickel

Record weekly canola exports reported

Nov. 10, 2017 at 4:59 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada – Canada exported the most canola in a single week ever during the week ended November 5, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission report. The CGC pegged weekly canola exports at 470,200 tonnes of canola during the reporting period. That compares with average weekly exports […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

What does this harvest mean for the market?

Nov. 3, 2017 at 10:02 am CDT

By October 12, snow was already falling for the second time in two weeks and harvest was only about 80 per cent complete in the Central Alberta area. Other that than, the fall for the most part was amazing and has allowed farmers across the Prairies to get the harvest […]

By Brian Wittal

TPP talks without U.S. near final stretch

Nov. 1, 2017 at 3:21 pm CDT

Urayasu, Japan | Reuters — The 11 remaining nations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without the United States edged toward sealing a comprehensive free trade pact after New Zealand agreed to amend laws that are not subject to TPP, to enable its ban on foreign home purchases. The pact aims […]

By Reuters